Dan Lungren loses seat in California's 3rd congressional district

[warrior1]

http://www.examiner.com/article/dan-lungren-loses-congressional-seat

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Dan Lungren
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Dan Lungren, one of the most-conservative Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, lost his seat in Congress on Tuesday.

With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Lungren lost by 184 votes to Dr. Ami Bera, a Democrat.

Lungren is a former attorney general of California who ran against Obamacare.

“He authored the only repeal to date of any aspect of Obamacare, among other things removing a ridiculous burden of paperwork created by the government takeover of the nation’s healthcare,” according to his website


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[PlanetBev]

1. Yippee Skipee

I've had it out for this guy for a long time.

[chieftain]

2. That's big

[lunatica]

3. I hope the door smacks his ass on his way out

[barbtries]

4. that is really good.

when does issa get his walking papers?

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. Not by any time soon.

He won by wide margins.

[barbtries]

16. my brother probably voted for him

[xxqqqzme]

40. Thanks to re-districting

issa now extends into the OC. The tea baggers in south county have a new hero.

[nadinbrzezinski]

44. Thanks to redistricting

San Diego may very well send a Democratic Majority delegation to DC... think about that, one for a second.

The problem with Issa's district is that it is mostly rural and California rural areas ARE red, as in blood red.

[xxqqqzme]

45. from OCVote

DARRELL ISSA 38,237 66.5%
JERRY TETALMAN 19,249 33.5%

http://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/gen2012/results.htm

Orange County almost always votes exactly the opposite of the rest of the state - Obama (44%) and Feinstein (46%) lost here.

Surprisingly, locally - city councils and school boards, Democrats did very well.

[nadinbrzezinski]

46. San Diego used to not elect dems in federal office

San Diego county went blue twice. Populations, even in oc are shifting

[Mz Pip]

5. As a Californian I'm thrilled

He's been a fixture in CA politics for ages. He's a mean spirited divisive twit and we a better off without him

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. And that my dear, is too close to call

Like the Bilbray-Peters race...down to recount it goes.

[Riverman]

7. This is Very Good. As a NorCal progressive, love to see this Carpetbagger Packing!

[Stinky The Clown]

8. I shall miss Congressman Ludgren in much the same way I would miss athlete's foot

Or herpes

Or genital warts

Or hemorrhoids

[Arugula Latte]

10. WONDERFUL!!!

So happy to get rid of that piece of vermin slime!

[nolabels]

11. Yes and yes and yes again

Another seat pick up in the house. 184 votes, another razor count and thinking your vote might count gets an even more clear view.

[Brother Buzz]

12. Garamendi won California's 3rd Congressional district

Lungren lost California's 7th Congressional district.

I know, Picky, Picky, Picky, but the Examiner still sucks.

[Semi_subversive]

28. I was at Garamendi campaign HQ in Davis last night

It was awesome! You can't believe the network of high school and UC Davis students that worked so hard on this campaign. Kudos to Andrew Kim.

[Brother Buzz]

33. Then you may have met my son last night, he was a Garamendi HS Student Ambassador

He worked his butt off and enjoyed it, plus he got to vote for the first time, to boot; we got him started down the right path.

[Catlover827]

13. That makes me happy, very happy indeed!

Can't stand that piece of human waste.

[Initech]

14. Damn - the last 24 hours just keep getting better and better!!

[noiretextatique]

15. goodbye, jackass

and good riddance!

[truebrit71]

17. That is EXCELLENT news!!!

It just keeps on getting better...

[SHRED]

18. onward with a supermajority CA!!!

[WillyT]

19. WooHoo !!! - K & R !!!

[SCVDem]

20. Now if we can get rid Issa!

[shanti]

21. woohoo! this makes me so happy!

and i helped so so glad to get rid of that jackwagon lungren!

[Johonny]

22. It was a good night for Jerry Brown

He passed a tax hike and got a good legislative victory.

[Pachamama]

23. This day just keeps getting better....

A great day in California....a great day in this nation....

[LoisB]

24. Oh Happy Day!!

[Liberal_in_LA]

25. I remember when he lost the statewide election - senator? Governor? can't remember

but he lost big

[GreenTea]

26. YES! IN CA-It couldn't of happened to a bigger asshole than Lungren except perhaps Darrell Issa

[Brother Buzz]

27. Dan Lungren not conceding to Ami Bera in nailbiter

http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2012/11/07/dan-lungren-not-conceding-to-ami-bera-in-nailbiter/

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Lungren campaign manager Jeff Wyly just put out this statement:

“Dan asked me to update you on the state of our race, which is currently one of the closest contests in the nation. There are tens of thousands of absentee and provisional ballots still to be counted, and we may not know the outcome of this race for days or even weeks. We remain cautiously optimistic and will monitor the final count closely. Please look for a follow-up email on opportunities to help make sure every ballot is counted

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[silverweb]

39. Yeah. I'm not celebrating yet.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Less than 200 votes separate them at this point and anything can still happen.

I'm hoping Ami holds and increases his lead, but we can't assume that yet.

[Brother Buzz]

41. The upside to this teeter-totter race:

Ami Bera has held his own in all the polls. Early, or late, absentee votes should mirror the election results, plus I suspect provisional votes will favor the Doctor.

I know I'm projecting, but I really, really, really want to toss Lungren on the dung heap.

[silverweb]

47. Definitely with you!

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Lungren has to go. I'm hoping it's now, but if not, we'll just keep trying.

[adieu]

29. Next up in 2014: three more D's

Darrell Issa, Dana Rohrbacher, and Duncan Hunter. Git'er done! Kick them out!

[xxqqqzme]

43. rohrabacher has been

not-representing me since '88. I was ready for him to go in '90.

[Swede Atlanta]

30. Like honey to my ears.....

I only wish Bachmann had been displaced.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

31. Damn! First no sequel to Red Scorpion. Now this? :-p

[Cha]

32. "..ran against ObamaCare" How Visionary of him..

[mddem29959ile]

34. more great news

sweet...

[BlueToTheBone]

35. That is wonderful news. The only better would be Issa gone!

[AsahinaKimi]

36. OH HELL YES!

[xxqqqzme]

37. Good news!

He should be gone.

Now if we could only get rid of dana 'dinosaur flatulence' rohrabacher, I could probably fly!

[Anthony McCarthy]

38. Wonderful

[Bennyboy]

42. Goodbye dan, won't miss ya at all...

My congressional district. Went to he Beri party last night... Was very tense. he seems like a good guy Ami.